Is is beyond the pale for anyone to say discrimination based on religious beliefs is acceptable and legal.
"Michigan attorney general: Anti-LGBTQ discrimination is totally legal"
His opinion contradicts the state's Civil Rights Commission.
Zack Ford Twitter Jul 23, 2018
https://thinkprogress.org/michigan-bill-schuette-lgbtq-discrimination-f78d31c70b4a/
Nothing could be more obvious that a "religion" that purports to hate and hurt people is not a true religion, it is a cult.
"Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R), who is vying to be the state’s next governor, issued an opinion Friday declaring that state law does not protect LGBTQ people from discrimination."
This guy practices law? This guy represents justice in Michigan? Run folks, run far away from Michigan.
"Schuette’s opinion came at the request of state Sen. Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R) and House Speaker Tom Leonard (R). Back in May, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued an interpretive statement declaring that the inclusion of “sex” as a protected class under the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) also protected against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This, the Republican lawmakers insisted, was beyond the commission’s authority, and “threatens to undermine our system of government,” so they sought the attorney general’s opinion."
More explained.
"Despite his reliance on originalism, Schuette is nevertheless making a political statement about the nature of LGBTQ identities and LGBTQ people’s entitlement to civil rights. The fact that the legislature hasn’t clarified those protections doesn’t mean the category of “sex” excludes the LGBTQ community, and Schuette’s opinion fails to address any of the counter arguments as to why “sex” is an umbrella for “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
In terms of gender identity, if a transgender person is not protected on the basis of gender, they aren’t protected by the law at all. A transgender woman would never claim that she’s being unfairly treated as a man because she is not a man. Any kind of discrimination on the basis of gender identity would require making distinctions on the basis of sex."
Three key points:
"There’s also a compelling case to be made that any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is discrimination on the basis of sex. There are, in fact, three compelling reasons:
- Sexual orientation is inherently tied to a person’s sex. To be gay is to be a man attracted to men or a woman attracted to women. Discriminating against a man who associates with men but not a woman who associates with men is a distinction based on sex.
- Sexual orientation is likewise inherently tied to the sex of a person’s partner. Discriminating against a man who associates with men but not a man who associates with women is also making a distinction on the basis of sex. This follows the reasoning that discriminating against someone for being in an interracial marriage is discrimination on the basis of race.
- Sexual orientation is inherently tied to gender expectations and stereotypes. Discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation is discriminating on the basis of assumptions about how each gender is supposed to act. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins that discriminating on the basis of gender stereotypes is a form of discrimination on the basis of “sex.”"
